It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons challenges the Avon Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Austintown-Fitch comes in on three and Avon on four.
Austintown-Fitch is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They skirted past Wooster 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-102) Austintown-Fitch actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 15-12.
Austintown-Fitch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in nine consecutive contests.
Avon had won three straight home games and Addie Reinart did her part to make it four on Thursday. Everything went Avon's way against Riverside as Avon made off with a 3-0 victory thanks in part to Reinart, who had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in October.
The win didn't come easy: Riverside scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-16, 25-15.
Austintown-Fitch's victory bumped their record up to 20-5. As for Avon, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Austintown-Fitch has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Avon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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